“All the guys in the office felt the same. He’s a struggling student who straight-up didn’t even think of pocketing it,” Thorne told the Herald Sun.

The Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard that Sydney man Emerald Nguyen was charged with dealing with the proceeds of crime over the mystery cash haul.

But following a doctor’s report, in which Nguyen claimed he had been involuntarily drug affected and had no knowledge of the money coming into or leaving his possession, baffled investigators dropped the charges.

Nguyen also signed a notice of abandonment, declaring he had no stake in the mystery haul.

His windfall was the second piece of wonderful news for Amarsinghe this week: He also learned that he had been granted permanent residency in Australia.

“I just want to spend my life in a normal way, find a job in IT and carry out that dream,” he said.

The money, he said, was a blessing. While he didn’t know how he would spend it all, some would go to helping disabled people and some to a Buddhist temple in Berwick.